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Tony Scarcellad, left, hugs his partner, Dan Zegelien, at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Pompano Beach, Fla. Gay rights activists kissed at Chick-fil-A stores across the U.S. in response to comments from the chain’s president. (Photo by J Pat Carter / AP)

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Pistorius makes history in the London Olympic Games

South African “blade runner” Oscar Pistorius made history as the first double amputee to compete at the Olympics.

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Reuters

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Oscar ‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius

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CBS News

NASA’s Curiosity rover on course for big Mars landing

NASA says the big robot rover it’s sending to Mars is in excellent shape for its landing. The vehicle, known as Curiosity, nears the end of a long journey across space.

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BBC

Gay rights ‘kiss-in’ protests at Chick-fil-A

Gay rights activists and backers of same-sex marriage held “kiss-ins” at U.S. Chick-fil-A restaurants to protest the fast-food chain president’s opposition to gay unions.

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Reuters

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Chick-fil-A’s stance counter to corporate trend

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Will the controversy hurt the chicken chain’s expansion plans?

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Christian Science Monitor

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BusinessWeek

48 Iranian pilgrims kidnapped from Syrian bus traveling to Damascus airport

Iran’s embassy consular chief in Damascus reported that 48 Iranian pilgrims were kidnapped from a bus in the Syrian capital.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Special section:

Syria: the war within

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Al Jazeera

This drought’s no dry run: lessons of the Dust Bowl

More than 63 percent of the country in the lower 48 states is experiencing drought, leading some to compare the summer of 2012 to the droughts of the 1950s and even the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s.

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NPR

NATION

Oklahoma fires destroy homes

Low humidity and strong winds helped fuel a half-dozen wildfires in Oklahoma that have so far burned at least 65 structures and are threatening more.

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CNN

A new generation of vets faces challenges in their homes

Homeless veterans of the Vietnam War have been a face of American poverty for decades, and now some veterans of a younger generation are dealing with the same difficult issues.

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NPR

Vets rave about PTSD service dogs, but research lags

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U.S. News

Consumer agency probes mortgage insurance deals

The government’s consumer finance watchdog is investigating deals that transferred billions in premiums charged to borrowers from mortgage-insurance companies to banks.

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POLITICS

Could tougher voting laws squelch the youth vote?

The high profile of young voters has landed them in the middle of the debate over some state laws that regulate voter registration and how people identify themselves at the polls.

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Kansas City Star

Innovation tax break gaining some support in US Congress

A proposed corporate tax break known as the “patent box” is winning some bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress with the promise that it could spur jobs and innovation.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Twitter confronts ethics of commercial pressures in wake of Guy Adams ‘mess’

The social media site Twitter took a hit to its reputation as a home to free speech as the fight for internet freedom enters a new stage.

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Guardian

Investors help turn the housing market into a source of growth

Investors are an important part of why America’s long-suffering housing market may have turned the corner. Their purchases helped shrink the glut of vacant, foreclosed homes.

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Economist

HEALTH

People with allergies may have lower risk of brain tumors

New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting a link between allergies and the reduced risk of a serious type of cancer that starts in the brain.

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ScienceDaily

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High-tech devices raise asthma awareness

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Renting instead of owning may be bad for your allergies

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Physically challenged, but still fashionable

Countless women must deal with the daily challenge of feeling beautiful while tethered to a unlovely device that helps them stay alive.

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CNN

From grey power to gay power: the right to equality in care

Beyond the usual trepidation about aging, for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people the prospect of aged care is particularly daunting and frightening.

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The Age

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Medical tests: a throwaway idea

Scientists are developing ways to create quick and cheap diagnostic tests that can be printed onto paper. They will need no fancy equipment, merely a sheet of paper and an office printer.

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BBC

Cable companies should worry about cord-nevers

Reuters found that around 400,000 people stopped paying for television last quarter. But these reports do not include the people who never had cable in the first place: the cord-nevers.

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The Atlantic

ENVIRONMENT

No space, mate: the Koalas’ natural habitat threatened

The Australian government has added the koala to the country’s list of endangered species. By some counts, only about 100,000 koalas remain in the wild in a country that once boasted millions.

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NPR

Can Facebook show how to reduce the growing energy use of the Internet?

Computer design and server farm location could dramatically reduce the energy required to run Facebook and the rest of the Internet, reducing greenhouse gases, too.

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Scientific American

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GOOD NEWS

Yosemite National Park, with donors’ help, expands at-risk youth programs

In Yosemite, increasing private donations are expanding programs that teach kids from urban areas — who may never have visited a national park — a variety of skills, from trail work to wildlife biology.

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San Jose Mercury News

Free program teaches city children lacrosse skills

About 60 boys and girls learn lacrosse as part of a free program called Lacrosse, Education, Attitude, Perseverance, Success (LEAPS).

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Philadelphia Inquirer

One-time skinhead Arno Michaels helps youths respond with compassion

Arno Michaels’ Kindness Not Weakness outreach program challenges diverse audiences to show the kind of “warrior” strength needed to practice nonviolence.

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Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Death toll in North Korea floods raised

Floods that hit parts of North Korea in recent weeks killed 169 people and left 400 missing, the state news agency said, sharply updating earlier casualty figures.

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Bangkok Post

Somalia’s graveyard capital of grand and beautiful buildings

Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has regularly been referred to as “the most dangerous capital city on earth,” but places of peace can be found among the physical destruction and human suffering.

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BBC

OLYMPICS 2012: LONDON GAMES

Phelps wins 100 fly, Franklin breaks WR

Michael Phelps, showing no signs of complacency after breaking every imaginable record in Olympic swimming, won the men’s 100-meter butterfly gold medal at the London Games.

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NBCSports

Special section:

2012 Olympics: medal count

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NBCOlympics.com

How Muslim Olympians cope with fasting during Ramadan

London 2012 is the first Summer Games to coincide with Ramadan since 1980, posing a dilemma for modern athletes in an era where performance is often based on complex calorific regimes.

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NBCNews.com

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Olympic athletes’ extreme eating habits

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CNN

EDUCATION

‘Won’t Back Down’ highlights parent trigger law for schools

First dreamed up by Democratic activist Ben Austin, so-called parent trigger laws allow dissatisfied parents to demand changes at their kids’ schools — including a total takeover — if a majority sign on.

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USA TODAY

Federal special education ratings fault District of Columbia — again

For the sixth consecutive year, the District of Columbia has fallen short of meeting federal special education goals, the worst record of any state in the country.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Gymnastics: Flying Squirrel stock soars after double gold

Not every athlete who wins a gold medal at the London Games will strike it rich. Most will return home to a good pat on the back and a part-time job scratching out a sporting career.

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Reuters

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Sex does not always sell: when female Olympians fail in advertisements

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The Atlantic

They took it with them

Head-to-toe armor suits designed for the bodies of dead kings are the stars of “The Search for Immortality,” a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England.

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Economist

SPORTS

Football Hall of Fame inductions will be rare moment in sun for linemen

They blocked and tackled at the line of scrimmage, overshadowed by the guys who handled the ball and soaked up the moments of glory. Now, a group of linemen are getting their recognition, too.

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Mayweather released from jail after serving 2-month term

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from a Las Vegas jail after serving two months of a three-month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic battery case.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Missouri to vote on prayer amendment

Missouri residents will vote on a proposed amendment to the state constitution that supporters say would protect residents’ right to pray in public.

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USA TODAY

Parents shun school religion

The group representing parents in Victorian state schools in Australia has joined teachers in calling for controversial religious instruction classes to be scrapped during school hours.

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The Age

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Deep oceans put global warming on temporary hiatus

The world is projected to continue warming over the century. Projections show that temperatures will likely stabilize for periods as long as a decade before the warming continues.

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Nigeria’s Regina George, right, hugs Haiti’s Marlena Wesh after a women’s 400-meter heat in the Olympic Stadium in London. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

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